Q. My daughter is 7 and one of the youngest in her class (29th July). Although at home she is very confident, playful and imaginative with her older brother it seems that at school she finds it hard to join in with the o...
Q. My 8 year old daughter’s best friend has told her she is now best friends with someone else. She is absolutely distraught. Any ideas on how to get her to deal with this? A. Girls’ friendships are crucial to the...
Q. My daughter is shy and has no friends. She wants to go to boarding school to make new friends. I don’t want her to go and am worried about the expense of boarding schools. What should I do? Should I let her go in...
Q. My 7 yr old daughter is in year 3 at an all girls school & is the youngest in her year (August birthday). She hasn’t firmed a strong bond with any girl in particular but did become good friends with 2 girls (...
Q. This is the second year my daughter has spent at her school, but friendship doesn’t seem to be on anybody’s agenda. This worries me because I know she is very sociable and that she suffers when the perso...
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